NHA TRANG AIRFIELD SOUTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R001500090006-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 1, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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NHA TRANG AIRFIELD
SOUTH VIETNAM
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01 MARCH 1966 25X1
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THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS THE POOR IMAGE RESOLUTION OF COLOR
PHOTOGRAPHY AS COMPARE
D TO BLACK AND WHIT
E PHOT
OGRAPHY OBT
AINED FROM
IT ALSO
ILLUSTRATES
THE INEFFECTIVENESS OF
WHEN FLOWN AGAINST CER
2. MISSION DATA:
COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY
TAIN CAMOUFLAGED OB
AS COM
JECTS
PARED TO BL
ON THE GROU
ACK AND WHITE
ND.
FLOWN OVER
PORTI
ONS OF CAMB
ODIA, LAOS,
AND SOUTH VIETNAM, UTI
FILM IN THE FORWARD CA
LIZED THE 112B CAME
MERA AND 8430 BLACK
RA SYS
AND WH
TEM, WITH S
ITE FILM I
O-121 COLOR
N THE AFT
CAMERA.
3. TARGET DESCRIPTION:
NHA TRANG AIRFIEL
D HAS TWO ASPHALT R
UNWAYS
-- ONE
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NW/SE AND ONE
NE/sw.
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4. EVALUATION:
A COMPARISON OF COLOR AND BLACK AND WHITE IMAGERY FROM THIS MISSION
OVER NHA TRANG AIRFIELD REVEALS THAT THE GREATEST DIFFERENCE IN INTER-
PRETATION CONCERNS THE IDENTIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT TYPE, WHILE THE TOTAL
COUNT REMAINED GENERALLY THE SAME (132 AIRCRAFT OBSERVED ON COLOR, 148
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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ON BLACK AND WHITE). AIRCRAFT TYPES AT THE FIELD INCLUDE C-130, C-123,
C-47, CARIBOU, T-28, AT-11, LIAISON-TYPE, AND HELICOPTER. CAMOUFLAGED
AIRCRAFT, WHEN PARKED ON DISCOLORED CONCRETE OR ON A DARK BACKGROUND,
TENDED TO BLEND INTO THE BACKGROUND ON COLOR FILM. THE CAMOUFLAGED
AIRCRAFT WERE EVEN HARDER TO DETECT ON THE COLOR-DERIVED BLACK AND
WHITE IMAGERY. HELICOPTER COUNTS WERE LOWER ON COLOR FILM DUE TO THE
OLIVE DRAB COLOR AND SMALL LINEAR SHAPE.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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